FAQS on Wide Screen to replace FAQS on Solutions

Well, here we are again and another week has almost passed. There have been some changes to the line up this week. For those that read the blurbs for each episode (that accompanies it at YouTube), we apologise for the change. This weeks episode was in fact going to be FAQS on Solutions, this has now been replaced with a brand-new episode that is hot off the press called FAQS on Wide Screen.

The change was made because, as you may or may not know, YouTube has made the change in format to 9:16 Wide Screen. This is great but it left us with a bit of a dilemma as to weather or not we too should make the change. Needless to say, we made our choice on the matter and if you wish to know what that choice was, then you'll have to tune in to see. This was made for the purpose of letting people know what we think of the change. As for FAQS on Solutions,.. we'll have to see. It's uncertain at this point, it may have lost it's place or it may be shown at a later date.

Part of Solutions was made at Levitating Blue Cat Studio. In fact, Levitating Blue Cat Studio (Geoffrey Stapleton) had a hand in a few episodes of the first series. It was there that FAQS was transformed into a 3D guy (standing on the shelf in front of me). The thing is, FAQS is a 3D guy, made to look as though he was drawn. The best part is that there have been some people that thought he was drawn. This was great to hear because FAQS has always been referred to as "a drawn guy that plays with real things". That whole concept became apparent after FAQS became 3D. FAQS on Pop Art "taught us" that we could use more than just 3D guys and models,.. being that FAQS looked so convincingly drawn, it meant we could use an array of animation. There is even going to be a FAQS on CGI (computer graphic imaging) in volume 2, but that's all we'll say about that, for now...

Well, that's it for this week, but next week, here at the FAQSlandBlog, there will be some talk on the set. For anyone interested in trying stop-motion animation, this will be interesting and is really easy to do. On that note, we hope you enjoy the latest episode FAQS on Wide Screen, so don't forget to tune in to FAQS on Fridays.

FAQS on Friday

FAQS on Friday! It's here again, this weeks episode is: FAQS on Electricity- FAQS on Electricity teaches us it is possible to be struck by lightning,.. and LIVE to tell the tale. FAQS learns that flying kites Ben Franklin style should be listed as an extreme sport.

If you haven't been to YouTube to see it yet don't worry, you can see it here. The best part is that you don't have to go zooming around all the pages AND... all you get is FAQS and the Book of FAQS. This is great because not only do you get all the episodes in one spot, you only have to press play once and the whole lot play just we intended. If you haven't tried one out, give it a go.

Making FAQS on Electricity was as much fun as all the rest. By the time this one was being made, we were secretly feeling a little bad (although, kept going), it was almost like "Right, what can we do to him this time?" The thing is, FAQS seems to shrug it off, possibly the best lesson of all.

This episode quickly became one of my personal favorites, I always loved the story of Benjamin Franklin. Funnily (and to equal horror), did you know that you have a better chance of being struck by lightning than winning the lottery? Did you know a single lightning blot can deliver 1 Billion volts of electricity? How about this one; there are people that have been struck on 2 or more different occasions... so much for "lightning never strikes the same place twice" hey?